JU student killed in road crash
Hundreds of Jahangirnagar University (JU) students blocked the Dhaka-Aricha highway and torched two buses yesterday afternoon after a pickup van crushed a student to death in front of the university at Savar.
The deceased was identified as Fatema Khatun, 22, daughter of Afsar Ali and resident of Sholabaria in Sathiya, Pabna. She was a third year student of the Anthropology Department.
Fatema was waiting for a bus by the highway when the pickup van driver lost control over its steering and crushed her to death around 4:45pm.
The students demanded compensation for the deceased's family, a foot bridge at Prantik Gate, lower speed limits on the highway in front of the university and widening of the Dhaka-Aricha highway there.
A resident student of Pritilata Hall said Fatema died on the spot.
A couple were also injured in the incident and rushed to Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
The pickup driver whilst trying to make the hit-and-run got involved in another accident near CMB area close to the university. He too was taken to DMCH with injuries.
The university vice-chancellor, Farzana Islam, went to the spot and talked to the students to quell the protest.
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